[Dixielandjazz] Learning to Improvise

[JDut953944 at aol.com]

Hello all,
 
This has just been mentioned previously by Steve Barbone, but I want to add 
 my 2 cents worth.  The Jamey Aebersold Jazz books were a great help to me  
when I first started playing dixieland after my stint with the polka band 
which  pretty much dried out my brain.   I have three of the books, Avalon,  
Indiana, and St. Louis Blues.  They are absolutely wonderful, I've worn out  
two of the Avalon CDs, and then gave a third Avalon CD and book to a young 
man  in Mexico,.  These are helpful to me still to this day.  I have gone  
through my clarinet songs, and plan to start working on the alto sax  
improvisations (music is in the same book).  There are many other  publications 
out, but these three were most helpful to me.  Good luck to  the trumpet 
player, long may he wail.
 
Carol Dutcher